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Interestingly, I am running a 10th Gen Intel Iris Pro GPU and had no problems on these kernels, (Arch)/ There were minor issues on 5.5 at the start of the cycl

Interestingly, I am running a 10th Gen Intel Iris Pro GPU and had no problems on these kernels, (Arch)/ There were minor issues on 5.5 at the start of the cycle when some patches were overlooked, but that's all fixed now. I honestly don't experience more problems than with my MacBook, (especially after major upgrades). Maybe the issue is people just keep defaulting to Ubuntu and equating their experiences there with Linux as a whole. Maybe it just isn't the best distro around. I'd honestly go with EndeavourOS, Manjaro or if you want to stay in the Ubuntu ecosystem, maybe Mint. I know everybody always says just switch distros, but honestly Ubuntu hasn't been the best distro around for anything for over a decade.

matthewbauer 7y ago
I would be really surprised if Ubuntu had issues that Manjaro or Arch don't have. Debian and Ubuntu is usually pretty ahead on testing different hardware combinations. Most likely this is some hardware-specific issue and you don't own the same hardware as GP.
- AsyncAwait 7y ago
  No doubt Canonical tests more, but there's something about the way they configure the kernel and packages that gave me more problems over the years than most other distros. In fact, the first Ubuntu install ever, back in '06 failed for me completely, while Mandrake worked. I do appreciate that this is subjective, I just wished Ubuntu isn't the only choice people evaluated when trying Linux.
  - hvis 7y ago
    Ubuntu has been fairly solid for me, over several laptops and almost a decade of releases. Freezes due to graphics drivers (on Intel) is something from ~3-5 years ago, I'd say. And let's be realistic, when people are just trying GNU/Linux (for the first time), they will go for the most popular and user-friendly distro available. Or, at least, they should.
  - anthony_barker 7y ago
    I've been using ubuntu since the first release. I have issues with the switch unity gnome plus the odd kernel issue. Battery performance also at times has been an issue. I stick to several year old thinkpads for hardware and LTS releases though. Mostly I just want the OS to get out of the way. Normally it just works though.
danieldk 7y ago
I am not using Ubuntu or an Ubuntu derivative. Thank god I am using NixOS, which makes it very trivial to switch between kernel versions including external modules such as ZFS. When it comes to Arch, there is a long thread about this issue in the forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=250765 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=250765
- AsyncAwait 7y ago
  As I said, they forgot to include Intel GPU patches at the start of the 5.5 kernel series[1], that's been resolved, I personally haven't seen it elsewhere, but of course incompatibilities happen. 1 - https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.5-Intel-Missed-Graphics https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5....

matthewbauer 7y ago

I would be really surprised if Ubuntu had issues that Manjaro or Arch don't have. Debian and Ubuntu is usually pretty ahead on testing different hardware combinations. Most likely this is some hardware-specific issue and you don't own the same hardware as GP.

AsyncAwait 7y ago
No doubt Canonical tests more, but there's something about the way they configure the kernel and packages that gave me more problems over the years than most other distros. In fact, the first Ubuntu install ever, back in '06 failed for me completely, while Mandrake worked. I do appreciate that this is subjective, I just wished Ubuntu isn't the only choice people evaluated when trying Linux.
- hvis 7y ago
  Ubuntu has been fairly solid for me, over several laptops and almost a decade of releases. Freezes due to graphics drivers (on Intel) is something from ~3-5 years ago, I'd say. And let's be realistic, when people are just trying GNU/Linux (for the first time), they will go for the most popular and user-friendly distro available. Or, at least, they should.
- anthony_barker 7y ago
  I've been using ubuntu since the first release. I have issues with the switch unity gnome plus the odd kernel issue. Battery performance also at times has been an issue. I stick to several year old thinkpads for hardware and LTS releases though. Mostly I just want the OS to get out of the way. Normally it just works though.

danieldk 7y ago

I am not using Ubuntu or an Ubuntu derivative. Thank god I am using NixOS, which makes it very trivial to switch between kernel versions including external modules such as ZFS. When it comes to Arch, there is a long thread about this issue in the forums: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=250765 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=250765

AsyncAwait 7y ago
As I said, they forgot to include Intel GPU patches at the start of the 5.5 kernel series[1], that's been resolved, I personally haven't seen it elsewhere, but of course incompatibilities happen. 1 - https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.5-Intel-Missed-Graphics https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5....